Debian GNU/Linux

The easiest way to install the development packages in Debian is using apt:

# apt-get install gnome-core-devel

This will install almost everything you need to develop. However, It would be useful if you install also the documentation for the libraries installed.

I think that Debian is missing a metapackage to allow to easily install all the documentation needed with one single command (could someone verify this?), so you'll need to install it following this rationale.

Install devhelp:

# apt-get install devhelp

This will install the devhelp software, wich allows you to browse quickly through the documentation.

For each one of the 'dev' packages installed through the gnome-core-devel, you must do as follow. For libgtk2.0-dev documentation, install libgtk2.0-doc:

# apt-get install libgtk2.0-doc

The same goes, for example, for libgnomeui-dev (install libgnomeui-doc), and so on.